american democracy. that is something he truly believes and that we should continue to fight for. calling for egregious abuses of power in order for to suppress the constitutional rights of reporters as an insult, it s a complete insult to the rule of law and undermines fundamental values and traditions. instead, it is the responsibility, it s a responsibility of all leaders t protect first amendment rights and that s what the president believes and that s what is going to continue to do to make sure we protect those rights. something happened they are, clearly. where it not quite exactly sure what happened to the white hous briefing. somebody must ve pulled the plug . there is something going on today. apparently we have it back, so let s get back to it right now, we don t have any audio now. clearly our plug has been pulle somewhere, there are a lots of patches and routings that go on in that briefing room and that white house. in fact, if you were to look under the floor
new picture of the embattled republican congressman performing as a drag queen in brazil, pictures santos denies are of him. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, president biden makes a promise, a promise to ukraine to give whatever it needs. all the help they need. it comes as the u.s. today targets the private russian military force the wagner group, designating it a transnational criminal organization. the wagner group is what is leading putin s war right now. right now making the only known progress on the battlefield for putin. that means the man running russia s most powerful private army is making a name for himself. here is yevgeny progozhin, publically declaring his men are the ones that captured a key city outside of bakhmut. translator: we can safely say that the settlement of one of the most important suburbs of bakhmut has been completely taken under the control of wagner pmc units, exclusively by wagner pmc units. klishchi
some dying in snow buried cars, others in homes with no power. conditions so bad rescuers needed rescuing. and the travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans, so far more than 3,000 flights have been canceled today, the majority are southwest flights. plus, how a toy and a car led police to find a kidnapped baby. welcome to the lead i m phil mattingly in today for jake tapper. we begin with the rising death toll from the vicious winter weather across the country. at least 49 people across nine states have died from storms, at least 27 of those deaths are centered in buffalo, new york, and surrounding erie county which were hit with a blizzard, winds so fierce they reached hurricane strength, rescuers had to be sent out to help stranded rescue crews facing, quote, some of the worst conditions that any of us have ever seen. many roads around buffalo remain impassable, driving bans still in place in some areas as crews try to clear the streets to restore power
how do you like that? i did a little alliterations. our challenge myself i give each two adjectives. you are really upping the ante. aren t you ever insightful jake. that is the start of the day. a laboratory verna description, but that s fine. the al adjectives i confess i was a little hard pressed. i should ve come in with some caution today. i appreciate it. it s halloween trick-or-treating with our kids tonight. i ve been here all, they will be talking about? we ve already done halloween. we are good at home with our kids. with a full-size snickers bars, i appreciate that. thank you so much. you went home and trick-or-treated? i did, i did. what rodgers wants a? you do everything it manages backwards and in heels. you want something done, give it to a busy woman. interesting, have a good, show happy halloween! i m alison toronto new york. i m already crying for some reason, my humor making enough. this is cnn tonight. a fractured skull, it s one
detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. her hands were tied, she was naked. this was sending a message. that wasn t the only suspicious death here. no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? i knew i had nothing to hide. the worst shock in probably my entire life. hello and welcome to dateline. victims families have often described their feeling of loss simply as surreal. and so it was for both of the shacknai and the zahau families, their tragedies were entangled in one rivetting mystery that enthralled the nation. at the center of the story to puzzling deaths and lingering suspicions. the search for the truth would pit the families against each other in a battle sparki